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Barnwell People-Sentinel
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Ju«k Llk« a M«mb«r of lh« Family"
Largest Conaty Ormlatlaa.
VOLUME LX.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 1936
NUMBER 1L
No Highway Fight
Foreseen by Harley
Attempt to Change Present Law
Would Be Useless, Is Opinion
of Lieutenant-Governor.
Wom*n’8 Missionary Society.
Columbia, Oct. 31.—Lieutenant-Gov
ernor J. E. Harley, of Barnwell, presi
dent of the State senate, this after
noon held in his opinion it would be
useless for the 1937 general assembly,
convening in January, vo attempt pas
sage of any legislation affecting the
South Carolina Highway department.
He based his belief on the fact that
the next legislature would be widely-
divided on the issue, the senate being
strongly anti-Johnston, “and even
though the house, where it is general
ly conceded the governor will have
the top hand, attempts repeal of the
highway reorganization act passed by
the last general assembly, the sen
ate will block the action.”
For himself, he said, he was “neu
tral” on the subject, but “I see it
would he useless to attempt to change
the present law.”
Target of Goxetjfior Olin D. John
ston's oft-repeatvd attacks, the high
way deptrtment last session was
The members of the Woman’s Mis
sionary Society of the local Methodist
Church met with Mrs. M. B. Hagood
Monday afternoon. Mrs. E. F. Wood-
ware? had charge of the “Inspiration
al” program. The subject was “The
Bible.” Several papers of 'interest
were read by various members, the
one by Mrs. Hagood being of especial
interest and inspiration. Numerous
notes of interest were stressed.
During the business session, which
w r as presided over by the president,
Mrs. W. E. McNab, the following of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year:
Mrs. J. C. Inabinet, president.
Mrs, W. McNab, vice-president.
Mrs. E. F. Woodward, treasurer.
Mrs. H. R. CTiristie, secretary.
Mrs. J. N. Dicks, assistant treas.
Mrs. Terry Richardson, superin
tendent cf study and publicity.
Mrs. Herbeit Black, superintendent
of children’s work.
Mrs. Basil Jenkins, superintendent
of baby special.
Mrs. J. C. Hogg, superintendent of
Chiistian social relations.
Mm. J. N. Dicks, superintendent of
supplies.
Mrs. M. B. Hagood, spiritual culti-
Roosevelt Carries
County 1,078* to 1
Byrnes and, Fulmer Get Same Vote.—
Constitutional Amendments Are
Also Favored.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
carried Barnwell County in last week’s
general election by a majority of 1,-
077% to 1 over Governor Alf. M. Lan-
don, of Kansas, the Republican candi
date, whose two votes are said to have
been cast by negroes at the Barnwell
Precince. The official tabulation
shows: Roosevelt, 2,157; Landon, 2.
Senator James F. Byrnes and Con
gressman H. P. Fulmer received the
same vote as President Roosevelt, as
did also the remaining candidates on
the Democratic ticket.
Barnwell County voters also favor
ed the two constitutional amendments
Chevrolet Price*
Remain About Same
Barnwell to Play Fairfax Here.
Completely New Line of Cars,: Incor
porating One Wheelbase and
Same Appearance.
New York, Nov. 6.—Prices for the
new Chevrolet passenger cars for
1937 were announced here today by
W. E. Holler, vice-president and gen
eral sales manager, upon his arrival
for the National Automobile Show.
It was revealed that for 1937 Chev
rolet would have a completely new
line of cars, incorporating one wheel-
base and with identically the same ap-
The Barnwell High School football
team will play the Fairfax High
School gridders at Fuller Park in
Barnwell on Ftiday afternoon at 3:30 j
o’clock.
As this is Barnwell’s first home
game in several weeks it is expencted
that a large crowd will be on hand to
witness a good game. Barnwell’s
record this year, while not impressive
in wins, is not one to be ashamed of.
The games which have gone the
Harley’s Donkey Is
Adopted As Mascot
Chairman James A. Farley Says Its
“the Most Thoroughly Demo
cratic Donkey.”
New York, Nov. 9.—Chairman Jas.
A. Farley announced today he liad
accepted as mascot of the Democratic
party a "donkey won by Lieutenant-
Governor J. Emile Harley, o£ South
wrong way have been close ones and Carolina from Lieutenant Governor J.
it is something to be proud of to have B. Snider, of Mississippi, in a pre
held St. Matthews to an 11 to 0 score, election contest.
St. Matthews has romped through all
opposition in this district by topheavy
pearance. Heretofore, there have' scores, Barnwell alone being able to
1 (Social Securtti
Fo
changed when the legislature over- nation,
rode his executive veto in a series of | Mrs.
m rappy votes and took the appoin
ment power of highway commissioners |
from the governor and conferred the ^
elections on legislative delegations.
In connection with the fothenming r
Harley, agent for “World
chairmen are as foL
M
P. W<
against, 52
No. 2 (I
against. Ift
“This donkey won support for
Roosevelt to the tune of 97.5 percent,
in Mississippi and 98 per cent, in
South Carolina,” Farley said. “Of all
the donkeys in the nation it should
be regarded as the most thoroughly
Democratic.
“We will keep it as the party’s
mascot until some other State in a
future election can exceed the per-
coach and town sedan models have weather Friday, when a scheduled- rentage record set by South Carolina
been reduced *5, while the four-door ] K a *no with the Denmark High School ( | Mt Tuesday.”
Danes was postponed until Tuesday
November 17th.
been two distinctly different lines of
cars with two lengths of wheelbase
and quite a wide variance of specifi
cations.
hold them to a reasonable score.
Fairfax has a good record so far
this season and it is anticipated that
a hard^clean fought battle will be
Prices of the Master Deluxe models waged E riday.
remain approximately the same as The Barnwell team was held inac-
by large majorities, especially the so-
called “social security” amendment,! those of the 1936 cars. The popular t‘ ve I* 9 * ^week on account of bad
which includes old-age pensions. The
vote on the amendments, however,
was not as large as that cast in the
presidential race. The official tabu
lation shows the following results:
*al
sedan and the sport sedan prices re
main unchanged. The coupe and sport
coup** ate the only models to be in
creased in price and these only $5
over the 1936 levels.
Prices of the Master Deluxe Chev-
rolet now cover features fori
Mm. A. J. Owena.
ly ol
R.
red
al at
Barnwell County frtendi
it J. Owena, wife of A. J
rill regret to learn of hei
occurred at her home if
If.
Last
fll
Hi
Hai
votes ever given a presid
ffitift! ernndt*'
glass all r»und. fenders
date ia Barnwell County
•fid it b to'
matching the body, and la*
be t egret ted that the el
rctof jIp mtrb ‘
The indtvidunl model pr io
Hot foi him IOO per trfii
U. instead of
follow*:
being only 99.44 per <
wnt. “pore.”
Conch, sedan,
IB hit h IB £UOUt the Bdim# I
lerretttigv of
dan, with trunk. IB30; *p*
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He said his departure on a vacation
tomorrow would prevent his format
acceptance of the donkey now, but
the two lieutenant governors would
take edre of it until he returned.
The mascot then will be housed
“somewhere in the vicinity of Wash
ington" and “will make its Amt public
appearance at the inaugural parade
in January.”
Parley said he had not completed
that loving plana for taking care of the donkey,
anid do wma but added that “this la one donkey
rd away tf• 1 that la going to receive aosne high
for several clnas mre and attention.”
ent ovErrrt “Right now,” ho ootd. ”f don't even
with greet hor« any oots to fond him ”
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Af , •*»
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mart-ed
i Harney !
the gate
_ To thm j
wa. Mrs Wodo
was later aaar I
nod to A J Owens, of thts ptaeo
She srao a m»mh»r af the Rarowei'
Bapttet Chon-h. Funeral seeeteee
were render*ed at the Olee BeptM
Church by her peeler, the Roe. J. A
Kotoo. on Sot erday afternoon al 4 St,
with interment Ml the Otnr reanotery
TW Semi efertage were eumeeoue
seal Weotdol. etleotiag hi a aenaS
measure the esteem Ml which eho wao
Am'Whm
TH*
it
Lemmata. IS, Heaaaamg-
W i-lmmokwrg County, ntll be
af Bomb Carol urn's delegatee to
IMh Xotianal Qwh Cangvom In
dd In CWragn, Mooomhor **lh In
Maker kth, wkark eeee 1JMS out-
Hag 4 if rlek memkera of the an-
no a prtoe from the Kerr Glam
oration, epanaers of a aattenal
roaming rente at eandnHed ky on-
uneion agents In which she woo
Stale keys* r Ink loader
trm
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BMilh
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ly new in
held hy her srg* cigeie sd frteuB*.
Fee
ala years
aim ha* been enrolled
. • (RM0 thJnfMFB,
and are
Mrs. Owens left sssrvtvtag her the
m rent
a<ag rlnbs,
, and m that tins* has
•rnifn vtth th#
eanerthm
fadlewtng; Her hnshand. A J. Owen*.
pot O]
P MBB im
rs af v eg eta Mae and
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M MM lOI
feat ares
dnughlef. Mr*. Wade Banders, three
fruit*
valued at
I4IA.4A Other pra-
tnm »ap
•asters, Mrs. Ytrteetn WiQiama, Mrs-
|ecla
claiming
her at lent ton were
ilmg
w i
Hunt'
rmm Dr
Mr IUjic
k i
t
Special Sen ice at Baptist ( karrk.
and
Ml
to St. Matthe
game* the locals kept a cl
Dc-Pite the fact that the mj
a great part of the game,
boys had the visitors at th
throughout the game.
The first play of the St. Matthews' j person in town, and in the adjoining
offense resulted in a fifty-erght-yard communities, is cordially invited to
run by Riley, which tallied * touch- ! come. We are not able to announce
down. The extra point was made by j the speaker at the present time, but
a pass. Scoring touchdowns for the we have the assurance that one of
kA special
for Sunday i
local Baptist
there will he
to speak on
wnin is bring planned
•vening at 7:30 in the
church. At this service
an outstanding speaker
the Red Cross. Every
Jackets were Riley, Wienges and Gei-
gi*r.
In the fourth period the Blackville
boys took to the air but it was of no
avail. In the opening kickoff, Baxley,
star left end for the visitois, was in
jured and removed from the game.
While Wienges and Riley starred for
the Saints, Cooper played stellar ball
for Blackville.
Foreign Mission Study.
the most attractive speakers in South
Carolina will be with us. We urge
you to come and learn more of this
maivelcus work.
The pastor of the Baptist church
takes this occasion 'to invite our
Methodist friends to worship with us
in their pastor’s absence. Morning
Woiship at 11:30.
The Pastor.
Barrack* V
lei
». 2 Ahead.
the Inter-Barrack*
was reached last
is No. 2 defeated
ta 3rd consecutive
record perfect. It
the overhead was
Negro Found Dead on Train.
A study class will be held on Thurs- , Robert Groves, 68, negro, of near
day afternoon of this week at four o’-! Blackville, was found dead on the
clock with Mrs. J. Aubrey Estes. All | southbound Southern Railway train
the ladies of the Baptist Missionary ! near here Tuesday. Groves got on
Society are urged to come. The book j t h e train at Blackville and the con-
to be taught is “Palestinian Tapes-1 ( j U ctor found him dead in his seat at
tries, by Mrs. J. Wash Watts. This 1 Ashleigh, a station some five miles
book is a sketch of the beginnings of North of Barnwell.
werk when barrac
th* overhead for
time, and kept it*
was the first time
defeated. Barracks No. 3 beat bar
racks No. 1. This make* the present
standing of the teams as follows:
Barracks No. 2, 1000; Overhead.
.667; Barracks No. 3, .333, and Bar
racks No. 1, .000.
New Teacher at Camp.
W. M. Harris, of Barnwell, began
last Friday to teach an adult class at
camp. * During October the class was
taught by Miss Marian Bolen. At
that time the NYA authorities saw fit
to change her work, and transferred
Miss Bolen to another position. Mr.
Harris’ work is a part of the county
WPA adult educational project.
Mrs. A. B. Patterson has retumed
home after spending several Hays in
Atlanta.
1 a num*
hunting
person*,
d above.
DU Sul: and M
'•r-^hor*. Oev*4aa
and the Rev. M G
Oklahoma, and ■
Mr* A. M. Hal*.
L. k Lindsey and
af Charlotte, X. C.
of IknriiMgton
Barnwell; Da
Ida Mey
«• r*
Mom*, of O-ar.
lorrt*. af Atoka.
M step ekddrea
Fort Mill; Mrs
mb Sadie Owena,
_ mdarr E. Owena,
Jennings A. Owena, of
id Owena, of Chicane,
fead^ r lotkmg, home
and gardening
Miss Lemma re will <
other Stale champsoaa for
honors and throe cask college
n.
1300 and t. -). also
fit
w.
tan Visit* Barnwell.
and Willie Owena, of Saa Francisco.
, , , | The Rt Rev. Albert 8.
bishop of the Diocese of South Caro
lina, was a visitor ia Barnwell Friday
and at aix p. m. administered the
further that he would dislike being Hagood reached her 00th birthday. 1 ?*^** o** Mrs. B. P.
a 1— ah.' FI# M^ewmesiml SraOrammra* t « lam* #m one ttra moved 1 R V 1 eR, J F. f
non will
tent of the law
■ughi hut
ntmg without
ihooting ga
me out of sea-
prosecuted
to the full ex-
law. Mr
Patterson said
Celebrate* 00th Birthday.
On October 29th Mr*. Anna Sam*
in the Church of the Holy
Apostles.
At eight o'clock Bishop Thomas met
forced to take drastic steps in this Of especial interest to her family and
matter, but that he intends to curb friend* was this particular announce-
illegal huning as far as possible. He ment: . ... ..... * .». i , » .
stated that the law is clear and im-j Her children, grand-children ami u* j* ^
plicit, and that every hunter, young great-grand-children gathered at the A11 Urr . i* 0 v Vn '* 8 tryTn«n r ° m
or old, must have a license. (home of Mr,. M. B H.rood, her' S*tHI.Or*neburt_«U St.
-— m m » daughter-in-law, on that day to cele
brate the happy occasion,
floor of the home was lavishly deco-1
_ , ... . rated with lovely Fall flowers which !
Carolina Optomertic Association met had ^ sen , Mr , HaKood during ft-eat of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bnlf.
in Orangeburff Thursday night No- (h( , ^ Wend ,
vember 5th. Dr. P. W. Stevens, Barn- , iru j- • ki
Optometrists Hold Meeting.
The Central Zone of the South
I
Matthews, at which time he discussed
in detail the church’s program and
the approaching nationwide campaign.
While here, Bishop Thomas was the
well Optometrist and chairman of the
zone, was in charge of the meeting.
Those taking part on the program
were Dr. C. H. Pointel, of Columbia;
Dr. Geo. C. Wise, of Orangeburg, and
Dr. G. C. Cooper, of Sumter. G. Rob- \
ert Dickert, of Columbia, is secretary
of the Central Zone.
the work of Southern Baptists in the
land where “Jesus began both to do
Identification was established by the
1 finding of a hunting license in the
SNIDER GETS READY TO SEND
DONKEY TO LT.-GOV. HARLEY
Senatobia, Miss., Nov. 5.—Lieut-
Gov. Billy Snider’s faith in Mississip-
Elected at Blackville.
and teach. Mrs. T. A .Holland, who dead man’s pocket. Dr. J. T. Mar
ls a very fine teacher, will be in | B hall f of Barnwell, who was called to P 1 ’ 8 Democracy was shaken slightly
charge of the atucy. i view the body when it was taken toni K ht “s P l>n9 purchase
i from the train here, made the sUte-1 * donke y and P** * n wager.
I ment that the man had died apparent- 1 Snider several w ~ ka *** Li « ut *
i ly from a stroke of paralysis. Death * D°v. J. E. Harley, of South Carolina,
waa instantaneous, according to Dr. Mississippi a percentage of Roose-
Marshall’s opinion. The body waa
taken back to Blackville for burial,
according lo reports received here.
'Blackville, Nov. 7.-—C. L. Abercrom
bie, of Fountain Inn, a graduate of
Wolford College, baa been elected
principal of the Blackville high school,
ii»rseeding D B Getty*, who resigned
lo accept a paattiaa hi th* postal aor-
tbos
C aJboei
tar ia C*J
-a was a
> t
tes would ho greater than that
th Carolina.
er still hoped toaight that
weald meant
4 eland Har-
gave the president a vote of better
than 98 per cent., while Mississippi and the world around her
The dining table was centered with
a crystal basket of lovely roses, and
the birthday cake with its 90 minia
ture candles in pink was most attrac
tive.
The silver cake knife used on this
occasion was one of Mrs. Hagood’s
wedding presents 71 years ago.
As one of the few remaining widows
of the Confederacy, a delegation from
the Johnson Hagood Chapter, U. D. j
called on Mrs. Hagood and presented
her with a lovely basket of fruits, tied
with Confederate colors.
Mrs. Hagood is remarkably bright,
alert and young for one of her years,
and has never lost interest in life
She was
Local 4-H Club Meets.
The Barnwell 4-H club met Monday
afternoon at the Barnwell High School
auditorium. Miss Elizabeth McNab
conducted the meeting, assisted by
Miss Helena Brown, local leader. The
topic for the month was “Dish Wash
ing,” which was discussed by the club.
“The Song of the Lark” was selected
£.s the picture study for the month.
“Friendship” will be the song of the
month. Two new members were en
rolled in the club.
Hilda 4-H Club.
Hilda, Nov. 10.—The Hilda 4-H
Club met in the Hilda school building
only came through with about 96 per deeply concerned in the outcome of j ueg< j a y ( October 27th. Work
velt v
of So
Sav
Mississippi's prrrratage
wi k late returaa tut us
tm lb* w.
V 4 { .
cent.
The loser must purchase a donkey
and lead it, with the winner mounted,
up Pennsylvania avenue in Washing
ton for the inauguration of Mr. Roose
velt. The donkey then will he given
to the president.
“It wna the sam," Snider explained
“The ana wfis shming in Isaak Cara-
Lms ana A pa* rstnmg in M
emmaa day *
waa
the recent general «le^Lum. i started on the record cards and also
The out-of-town guests were: Mr. ^ ic^pbook aftar an explanation
and Mrs. Hagood Bostick, Mis* Ei ra- w>t ^y | oca j Mis*
t*th H««d .nd Tomnn. Hwood £) ol „ S .»d,r.. S,«rml mw m~m-
of Colombia, Mrs. Melver Willeox, of
Darlington, Mrs. J. P. Clark. Mr. !■
and Mrs. Cane* Beatty and children Mr. sad Mrs. C E. (“Dnks”) Hams
of Dunbarton and young daughter, Mias Caeila Har
m • tin. af RnkmandL Vn-, spam the wash*
Mr and Mrs. V H Manning spent rad ■
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